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Sustainable Agriculture Tuesdays

February 6, 2015

February 10: Challenges and Opportunities for Beginning Farmers

  • Hannah Shear, Beginning Farmer Success, University of Maryland Extension

 February 17: Movie Screening: Symphony of the Soil

February 24: Remediation and Revitalization of Long-Dead, Metal-Contaminated Soils

  • Dr. Rufus Chaney, Agricultural Research Service, USDA

March 3: Introduction to Permaculture

  • Lincoln Smith, Forested
  • Michael Carmichael, Arboretum and Botanical Garden, University of Maryland

March 10: Saving the Chesapeake Bay: The Role of the Maryland Grazers Network

  • Rob Schnabel, Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Maryland Grazers Network

March 24: Crossroads Community Food Network: Connecting the Dots in our Local Food System

  • Christie Balch, Crossroads Community Food Network

March 31: Fermentation in the Local Food Movement

  • Meaghan Carpenter, HEX Ferments

April 7: Aquaponics

  • Mchezaji “Che” Axum, Muirkirk Farm, Center for Urban Agriculture & Gardening Education, University of the District of Columbia

April 21: The “How” and “Why” of Organic: Certification, Labels, and Standards

  • Betsy Rakola, National Organic Program, USDA

April 28: Certified Humane Labeling

  • Emily Thomas, Humane Farm Animal Care

 

Sustainable Agriculture Tuesdays are part of the campus-wide Sustainable Tuesdays lecture series, co-sponsored by the Institute of Applied Agriculture, the School of Architecture, and the Office of Sustainability